Rethinking the Corporate Crime Spree
By Holman W. Jenkins
One of the pleasures of government is the opportunity occasionally to do justice. Team Obama has two such opportunities before it.
Yesterday, a federal appeals court overturned the landmark backdating conviction of former Brocade CEO Greg Reyes on grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. His case has been remanded for retrial, but this was a Bush-era prosecution and the Obama Justice Department should feel no pride of authorship for a case about which it’s impossible to feel much pride. Mr. Reyes should be allowed to go in peace.
Mr. Reyes should be allowed to go in peace. What the government is doing to him and his family is just pathetic. Reyes is not a criminal.